患者s are 20% more likely to die on a 区 where untrained staff have 取って代わるd nurses?

  • 取って代わるing just one nurse on 普通の/平均(する) 増加するs the 危険 of death by 21%?
  • The 政府 計画(する)s to (軍隊を)展開する,配備する 2,000 nursing associates in 11 NHS 信用s?
  • England has one of the lowest 率s for qualified nurses in Europe?
  • Just 57 per cent of the staff are qualified nurses, the 普通の/平均(する) is 66 per cent?

患者s are a fifth more likely to die on 区s where nurses have been 取って代わるd by untrained staff, a major 熟考する/考慮する has 設立する.

It has 誘発するd 研究員s to 述べる 計画(する)s to 代用品,人 qualified NHS nurses with ‘associates’ as a ‘risky 実験’.

The University of Southampton 熟考する/考慮する 設立する that 取って代わるing just one nurse with an untrained 従業員 on a typical 区 増加するd the chance of dying by 21 per cent. On the other 手渡す, for every 10 per cent 増加する in qualified nurses on 区s, the 危険 of death fell by 11 per cent.

Patients are a fifth more likely to die on wards where nurses have been replaced by untrained staff, a major study has found (file image)

患者s are a fifth more likely to die on 区s where nurses have been 取って代わるd by untrained staff, a major 熟考する/考慮する has 設立する (とじ込み/提出する image)

Earlier this month the 政府 確認するd 計画(する)s to (軍隊を)展開する,配備する 2,000 nursing associates in hospitals at 11 NHS 信用s from January to 緩和する staffing 不足s. Dubbed ‘nurses on the cheap’, they will be 責任がある the 決定的な 監視するing of 患者s’ breathing and heart 率 to check they are not 悪化するing.

But 研究 published in the British 医療の 定期刊行物 警告するd that ‘diluting’ the nursing 全労働人口 could put lives at 危険. The 熟考する/考慮する 伴う/関わるd almost 19,000 患者s and compared data from 243 hospitals in England, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland. It 設立する that for every 25 患者s ? a typical 区 size ? swapping just one nurse with an unqualified assistant 増加するd the 危険 of death by 21 per cent.

The data also 明らかにする/漏らすd that England has one of the lowest 率s of qualified nurses の中で nursing staff in Europe. On 普通の/平均(する) just 57 per cent of the staff are qualified nurses ? the 残りの人,物 are health care assistants. This compares to a European 普通の/平均(する) of 66 per cent.

Professor Peter Griffiths, one of the 熟考する/考慮する authors, said: ‘減ずるing the 技術 mix of the nursing team is associated with 増加するd mortality. I think this certainly shows that what’s 現在/一般に 存在 提案するd needs to be regarded as a risky 実験 and needs to be closely 評価するd for the 衝撃 on 患者 結果s.’

He said there was a 危険 that associates did not have the 専門的知識 to know when a 患者 was 悪化するing. Most have no 医療の training, while a nurse has 完全にするd a three-year degree.

The NHS is set to train 2,000 'nursing associates' to administer drugs and monitor the sickest patients unsupervised, it has been revealed

The NHS is 始める,決める to train 2,000 'nursing associates' to 治める 麻薬s and 監視する the sickest 患者s unsupervised, it has been 明らかにする/漏らすd

Janet Davies, 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある and general 長官 of the 王室の College of Nursing, said: ‘This 研究 増強するs the stark fact that for 患者 care to be 安全な, and high 質, you need the 権利 number of 登録(する)d nurses.

‘代用品,人ing 登録(する)d nurses with support staff やめる 簡単に puts 患者 care and 患者s’ lives at 危険. It’s 決定的な that this is not ignored as the new nursing associate 役割 is developed.

‘Support staff are 決定的な in 配達するing 患者 care and the NHS could not operate without them, but they cannot and must not become a 代用品,人 for 登録(する)d nurses.’

The NHS is 厳しく short of nurses, with as many as one in ten 地位,任命するs empty ? 同等(の) to 23,500 十分な-time staff. This is 大部分は 予定 to 政府 削減(する)s in the number of training places between 2010 and 2013. Many hospitals are now having to 雇う nurses from abroad or spend up to £2,000 a 転換 on 機関 staff.

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